Hello, all-- I seem to remember that there was a thread on .pdf, but I don't remember the result. Since I've been (until tonite) using Linux pretty much exclusively, I would like to know why .pdf files do not show on screen in Firefox, and Konqueror just crashes. (SuSE 10.0.) and what can I do about it? Two computers make the use of two OS's simpler, altho I do have SuSE on this basically Windows machine. I do intend to use Linux more frequently--I've been on this list for at least 5 years. I've found, f'r example, that I can now read and print files written in .rtf, using OO. Couldn't do that before now, so it's a help, seeing that I edit a journal (for the PSGA) which comes to me in MS digital format, from a MAC. (BTW, the MAC crashed bigtime, a few weeks ago. I don't have the details, but apparently it was a mechanical failure, and backup to an XP machine saved most of the day.) I've had to convert to a new monitor--my old lovely Sony died. I got an LCD display with not as many pixels, but I'm surprised that I'm getting happy with it. The blacks seem to be better. The weight is about 25% or less. Tiger has the X2gen (19") for just over $200 with the rebate, which (so far) is good up to 19 Dec. Seems to be working OK, and almost all the monitors have the same pixel pitch--.294 mm. You need to turn the brightness down a skosh, which is a little tricky, but possible. I'm seriously thinking of getting another for the Linux machine, which has a 17" Sony display. I'll have to see how this works out, with a lot more experience. Over to you-- doug -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.13.13/198 - Release Date: 12/12/2005